Solving challenges in the health facilities through digital platforms
Winny Chelagat project Director neighbors in action -kenya /Photo Faith Chepkemoi
By Faith Chepkemoi
AMREF Health Africa in collaboration with Neighbors in Action Kenya organized a training and sensitization program for peer monitors in Community Led Monitoring (CLM), an accountability mechanism that uses health data in decision making and service provision. Caren Mutai, AMREF Project Assistant, said,the program is funded by Global Funds and the training of the CLM is expected to enhance the community’ accountability between the service providers and the decision makers.
“We are here in Uasin Gishu county to train our peer monitors on Community Led Monitoring (CLM), which is an accountability mechanism that uses an independent structure and planned process, designed and led by equipped and trained members of the community to systematically and routinely analyze qualitative data from service delivery sites and utilize this data in decision making and advocacy,” said one Benedine Kipruto the Chair Uasin Gishu County Civil Socity .
The training’s primary goal is to create a positive impact,find the gaps and bridge them thus improving the health services facilities in Uasin Gishu County.
“Community Led Monitoring, CLM, will enhance engagement with the communities in monitoring health services. Once we have identified the gaps in our health facilities, we will sit down and amicably come up with solutions that will improve the quality of services in the health facilities” added Kipruto.
Winnie Jelagat, a Project Officer in Neighbors Action Kenya said Community Led Monitoring also aimed to address and find ways of solving the challenges in the health facilities through digital platforms like using the I monitor. “My appreciation to AMREF Health Africa through Global Funds for facilitating this training of Community Led Monitoring (CLM).
We have met with the Civil Society Organization (CSOs) network of Uasin Gishu in enhancing the CLM training. Through this training, we have learnt more on our health structures and we have realized the gaps present in our health systems.We have trained on the I monitor and we are still building the capacity” Noted Winnie.
Winnie further said, the training also aimed at addressing human rights issues and how to advocate for them alongside creating awareness for the rights and responsibilities of patients.
“Through this training, we have learnt on how to advocate for human rights at the same time being aware of your rights as a patient and your responsibilities too. We are already looking at how we have not been able to achieve for not doing the right advocacy and so through this training we have learnt on how to do the right advocacy through CLM, we will know what issues to advocate for and how to advocate for them thus improving our health systems.”
The training is set to end on Thursday in regards to the festive season .
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